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Amongst the 705 Belgian refugees there were 24 births; the addition of
these would make Fore Street Ward birth-rate 25.52.
The Belgian birth-rate is 34-04.
Nine births transferred to Edmonton by the Registrar-General could not
be allocated, as the names and addresses of the parents were not given.
DEATHS.
The deaths registered in the district during the year were 1,238 ; of these,
10 occurring in the Strand Workhouse, and 577 among non-residents at
Edmonton Workhouse and Infirmary, and 4 "foreigners," outside institutions,
are excluded ; while 160 deaths of Edmonton residents, and 5 Belgian refugees,
taking place in the Edmonton Workhouse and Infirmary, are included in
our nett deaths. Thus the number of deaths amongst Edmonton residents
registered in the district amounted to 642, and 5 Belgians.
The gross death-rate is based upon the total number of deaths
registered in the district, and is 17-67 per 1,000 living. This rate is calculated
on the estimated gross population of 70,044.
The nett death-rate is based upon the total number of deaths
of Edmonton residents occurring inside or outside the district, and is 10 79.
This rate is calculated on the estimated nett population of 68,203. I receive
quarterly from the Registrar-General (through the County Medical Officer),
particulars concerning Edmonton residents whose decease has taken place
whilst they are away from their usual home. Ninety-four deaths were returned
in this way during the year, making the nett total of deaths at all ages for the
district proper 736 and 5 Belgians.
The corrected nett death-rate is only an ideal or standardised
figure. When the factor for correction is applied to the nett death-rate we get
the figure that would represent the death rate in Edmonton, if its inhabitants
were distributed in the same proportion as regards age and sex, as are the
inhabitants of the country generally. This factor for Edmonton is 1-0716, and
the corrected nett death-rate is 11-56.